Emission Factor

Wax - lost-wax casting (wax production - for lost-wax metal casting)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is wax production, for lost-wax metal casting. The reference product is wax, lost-wax casting. "wax, lost-wax casting" is an organic substance. It is produced from paraffin, derived from crude oil, while it is used to create wax models to mold metals. It can be used in the following applications: metal casting. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/11546/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameWax - lost-wax casting (wax production - for lost-wax metal casting)
SectorEnergy
CategoryFuel
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2013
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
fuel-type_wax_lost_wax_casting_wax_production_for_lost_wax_metal_casting-fuel_use_na
UUID
566a4821-8da5-4764-b06a-72ecff1a9d0c
Code Snippet
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